@marrigoround said:

Are there any performance benchmarks or file sizes that could ease my concerns?

Well, it's always wise to keep your file size at a minimum. Also reduce the number of entities displayed in the SketchUp file by assigning layers and turning off visibility of layers for things that aren't shown. For example, in your scenes of the bars from your model, there's really no need for the 2d people and the assembled cart to be shown. Assign layers to them and turn off those layers for the scenes. This helps to reduce the edges LO needs to iterate through when rendering. There are other things you can do to prevent file size bloat in SketchUp that are worthwhile too.

On the bright side, LO2016 is lightning fast with rendering compared with LO3 and earlier.

Thanks Sonder... sorry for delayed reply- been off line a few days. I'll try that.

@dave r said:

I'm not sure why scaling the viewport precisely would be useful since it would typically be the model size you'd be interested in.

I use it for joining to viewports with ortho views of sections that are at different levels.

Example:

2nd Floor plan has one level at 6m and the other at 4.5m; At a given place the section that works for 6m ceases to work for the 4.5m floor; I have to create 2 floor plan scenes for each level; Inside LO I stitch the scenes with precise viewport through an axis or a model reference...

This shows the need for precise placement, however I always create a line in LO for reference so I have to have snapping on and with the line there I have no problem with scale.

Hi Stan-

Thanks for mentioning this issue - error 101 occurs when there's a LayOut group with only one entity in it. It's an internal sort of error that we don't really ever want to display to someone using LayOut. I will file a bug in our tracking system to investigate this issue.

If you find a way to consistently cause this error, please share the SketchUp model and your exact work steps with us so we can make sure that your particular case is handled by our fix.

Thanks,
Marc

Wow!Fantastic. Sometimes I can't see the birds for the trees. Thanks

Those plants are just SketchUp components. You could make your own components and add them to the Scrapbook or you could do the same in LO.

Thanks! 😄

No worries mate. Its one of those things that is learned by trial and error....!

Here's the issue, I think.

If you use leader text on a pdf image, the leader arrow points "stick" to the image so selecting all of it and moving is not a problem.

If you add a clipping mask to an image, and then the leader text, the leader arrow points will not "stick" to the image. They will stick to the page location. HOWEVER the way to move them is to move by dragging a leader when you select all of it and perform the move. All of the selected leader text will move as expected along with the image. This is true if you simply write leader text in empty space as well--it sticks to the page unless moved by the leader.

It seems these methods are a little inconsistent and, even if documented, not intuitive. Yet, given that the leader apparently MUST be "stuck" to something, this is one solution. I only wish that adding a clipping mask did not change the behavior.

I expect the dimension in your first screen shot is on a layer lower in the list than the viewport. I always keep dimension and other text layers above the layers I put viewports on.

As for the section plane, you may have turned it off in SketchUp but I'm guessing you didn't update the scene's style. Section plane visibility state is a style setting. You can turn it on or off without updating the style but then the state doesn't get transmitted to layout.

Section cut lines are not snappable edges. You can place a section cut face or create a group at the section cut to get edges and corners you can snap to. Sometimes I just use guidelines to create snap points. Then I delete them when finished.

The multipage layer+copy/paste workflow is really handy in LO. The only thing missing is some kind of text that would behave like autotext in a multipage layer, but with manual text instead.

NOTE: Autotext can reside in a multipage layer and still have different text inside for each page, like page number or page name...

Or by saving the scene in SU. Then LO will recognize it. Make sure selection in Layout does not say "modified", and is the saved scene in SU.

Hi Guys,

I have come across this as well and my thoughts are that the dimension is not snapping to the appropriate end point because the point is masked by other geometry. For instance, with a section cut you may want to dimension a feature that is further back in your model than another object that appears in front of it. Although the dimension end point looks to be anchored to the correct spot it is not. Sometimes I have found the only way round this is to go into the model and draw a temporary line to anchor the dimension correctly and erase this afterwards. I often draw kitchen worktops with curved front edges and in rooms where the worktop butts up to a wall this problem occurs when the room is sectioned and the worktop needs a height dimension. Hope this makes sense!

Regards

Brian

@krisidious said:

I can't wait to be doing all my construction documentation in SketchUp... (waits patiently)

I'd be interested in seeing a sample of your finished drawing...

Take a look to some of my works here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.848002471945493.1073741826.813772245368516%26amp;type=3
and here:
https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/12622157_645622915575628_6514241927029650696_o.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/12605426_645622778908975_5174379866305515155_o.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t31.0-8/12628619_645622832242303_7267024882725364594_o.jpg

I am not sure I follow what you're doing but looks impressive.

OK, thanks Jiminy Billy Bob for clearing that up for me.

Ah!! thanks for the detailed response. I could not get the scales to pull down cause auto scale was locked but all good now. Thanks again.

@dave r said:

I can't find a "Save Draft" button in LO. Where is it and what's wrong with it?

I meant the obnoxious one on this forum that's positioned and highlighted to be the most intuitive thing to click when trying to post.

Sorry; wouldn't want to give the LO UI guys an idea for something else they shouldn't, but probably would, implement.

Cool!

@otb designworks said:

The thing about lists is they tend to get longer when not much is ever removed from them.

And therein lies the problem with way too much software development.

"Oooh, we can change the UI to something hideous and impractical! Backburner the bug list for another six months while we work on this!"